Welcome again to everybody! Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is our weekly discussion thread!
We now have our own Matrix server at https://genzedong.org; you can make an account with any Matrix client (e.g. Element). We also have a GenZedong Matrix room (see the sidebar for more information), and there’s a general Lemmygrad Matrix room at .
Anyone got a good read into the grain deal that was made? It seems to be cancelled right now but media in my country is blaming Russia for everything so I want a non-biased read, if possible.
I would also like to know more about this grain-related topic
Last I heard some rodent-like creatures were roaming the streets of Odessa at night, mumbling something about marxism and grain.
😮
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/29/1132608672/russia-says-it-is-suspending-a-grain-export-deal-with-ukraine lib source but essentially the tl;dr between the lines is that Russia cannot guarantee the security of civilian ships while its own ships are under possible attack from Ukraine. They also fail to mention that because of this Russia is donating tonnes of grain to impoverished countries, but you won’t hear that in the west…
Source for the last part here